MUSTANG MTN. WEDNESDAY 3/3/10
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It looks like it will be good for some Speedflying on Wednesday.Jake and I will be there around 11am(weather permitting).
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- Posts:996
- Joined:Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:08 pm
- Location:Oro Valley (NW Tucson)
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- Posts:996
- Joined:Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:08 pm
- Location:Oro Valley (NW Tucson)
The day looked nearly perfect in the forecasts, but Guido and I were greeted by 10-20 mph WSW winds with gusts that appeared to push above 25 in the LZ. Lew was seeing similar conditions on launch around 3:00 p.m. Eventually the base-jumping speedwing pilots joined him on launch after having made some good flights earlier in the day. Nobody on launch seemed inclined to commit aviation anytime soon and the conditions were certainly not improving, so Guido and I elected to skip the hike, heading down the road around 4:30 p.m.
mustang flights
Jake and I did eventually get off for a 2nd flight for the day.All in all it was a good trip with 2 total flights,and great landings.
Here is a cool view of the first launch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vue6icuaOeY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vue6icuaOeY
Ya, alot of bumps. If you noticed im trying to crab to the right almost the whole flight. Was getting pushed around alot up there, around the last 300 feet or so. Also why I got out of the harness a bit early, wasnt sure how the landing was gonna go! But I really like the gopro, and would like to do some more experimenting with it at different angles. I really would like to figure out a way to mount it to the wing like the PG's do.
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Here is video of our 2nd flight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyxCFKLPZAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyxCFKLPZAU
speed wing advantage
Man- glad you guys are enjoying your speed wings off Mustang.
I see another advantage of speed wings. You save a lot of time afterwards, as you don't need to edit the video. For we PG pilots, it sucks to have 3 hrs of video to have to edit at the end of the day down into less than 5 min.
I see another advantage of speed wings. You save a lot of time afterwards, as you don't need to edit the video. For we PG pilots, it sucks to have 3 hrs of video to have to edit at the end of the day down into less than 5 min.
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